Diamond Ring Seized In Inquest Into McClintock Death
Nurse Stella Costigan Carson testified at a Chicago inquest that Emma McClintock appeared dying before William D Shepherd removed a diamond ring from her finger and wore it. The hearing examined alleged conspiracy to obtain the McClintock fortune. other family members testified about jewelry and affairs surrounding the case.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Stella Costigan Carson
Linden
Emma Nelson McClintock
William .D. Shepherd
Carson
McCliintock
Carew
Shepherd
McClintock
French Forces Defeat Moroccan Tribesmen in Rif War
Official reports from Rabat say French forces won several engagements against the Rif tribesmen. In one clash fifty tribesmen were killed, war matériel was seized, and prisoners were taken.
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Paris
Rabat
French Morocco
Antis Mosquito Association Holds Annual Meeting
The Antis Mosquito Association conducted its annual meeting as officials hope the society will succeed in pouring oil on stagnant waters to curb pests, a move reflecting the group’s public health aims.
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Antis Mosquito Association
Boston Transcript
Aguinaldo Urges Veterans to Support General Wood
General Emilio Aguinaldo addressed the Veterans of the Philippine Revolution at Baguio and urged support for Governor General Wood and his administration. He said the group is nonpolitical but must work for national unity threatened by bickering, and praised the American flag as the greatest symbol of liberty. He stated that eventual U S independence would come when the time is right.
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Associated Press
Manilla
Emilio Aguinaldo
Baguio
Luzon Island
Wood
Aguinaldo
United States
District 16 Eastern Star District Meeting in Town
Mrs Elizabeth Kammann of Sioux City grand matron will attend the district meeting in the Masonic temple on Wednesday May 6. Vesta chapter 233 Creston handles arrangements as at least 150 delegates from Osceola Lorimer Winterset Murray Afton Orient Fontanelle Greenfield Massena Cumberland expected. Delegates dine at 6 pm served by Congregational church women. 250 covers. Afterward ritual work slated for the evening. Maude Bowers Orient instructor leads the event.
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Elizabeth Kammann
Sioux City
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Vesta
Creston
Osceola
Lorimer
Winterset
Murray
Afton
Orient
Fontanelle
Greenfield Massena
Cumberland
Congregational Church
Maude Bowers
Ada W. Goodsell
Afton Girls’ Glee Club
Grace Giles
McKinley Park
Charles A. Hayden
High ‘Cook Boys’ Glee Club
Mise Harriet Goodsell
Creston Night Hawks
Brown
Kiisinger
Adam. Goodsell
Afton Girla
Ge Club
Mrserace Giles
Los
Lyle Perry
Ms Giles
Creston Choral Club
Myron Smith
Irving School
Theo Jennings
Sterling
Russell Hintz
High School
Harriet Goodsell
Hayden Music Studios
Helen Johnson
Park Auditorium
Ustume
Orient High School Girls’ Glee Club
Grace Hanson
Kerosene Explosion Kills Woman in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa May 4 Mrs Fred Simpson 53 died hours after a kerosene explosion while trying to light a fire with a can. The blast burned her entire body and disrobed her while flames filled the room. Her husband tried to reach her but flames trapped him. She died at the hospital a few hours after the incident.
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Associated Press
Fort Dodge
Fred Simpson
Motions to Strike Indictment in Stephenson Case
In Indianapolis on May 4 motions to strike out portions of the indictment charging D. C. Stephenson with first degree murder in the Madge Oberholtzer death were filed by attorney Eph Inman. A hearing was set for Saturday, affecting co defendants Ear Klinck and Earl Gentry, Evansville residents also indicted.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Eph Inman
Stephenson
James A. Collins
Inman
Ear Klinck
Earl Gentry
Evansville, Ind
Hovious, Kent Man Dies After Hospital Stay
L P Hovious aged 50 died today at Greater Community Hospital after illness and surgery. He lived near Kent and is survived by his widow, his mother Mrs W Hovious, a brother S J Hovious, two sisters Mrs Ray Taylor Creston and Mrs M C Shively Medicine Lake Mont, and a niece Mrs Carol Fay Hovious Tacoma. Funeral time not announced.
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L. P. Hovious
Greater Community Hospital
Hovious
Kent
W. ©. Hovious
S. J .Hovious
Ray Taylor
Creston
M. C. Shively
Medicine Lake
Mont
Mrse
Carol Fay Hovious
Tacoma Wash
Creston Rally Tops Maryville In Openers Dusty Diamond Fight
Creston triumphed 10 to 6 over Maryville as players Harne Gidley and Conrad sparked a late surge. Conrad pitched to earn the win while Gidley and Carlson led the offense with multiple hits. Maryville scheduled to visit again June 21 after Creston hosts the House of David in late May.
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Conrad
Gidley
Creston
Welcher
Mike Augustine
Greenfield
Carlson
Augustine
Coen
Mike
Ray Gidley
Harne
Hill
Coleman
White
Last Rites Held For Dr A J Myers
Funeral services for Dr. A J Myers were held at 2 30 PM at his home 512 West Mille Street with Rev W L Grinn of the Presbyterian church officiating Burial took place in Graceland cemetery Pall bearers were Ed C Keith Myron Smith Homer Harsh Scott Armstrong W N Patt and H Brown Honorary pallbearers included CC A Allen C W Blayney Scott Skinner W T Sadler George Corne ling Adam Pickett M F Black Ford Levy J C Sullivan and D Davenport
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A. J. Myers
West Mille Street
W. L. Gqinn
Presbyterian Church
Graceland Cemetery
Ed C. Keith Myron Smith
Homer Harsh
Scott Armstrong
W. N. Patt
H. Brown
Honrary
Cc. A. Allen
C. W. Blayney
Scott Skinner
W. T. Sadler
George Corneling
Adam Pickett
M. F. Black Ford Levy
J. C. Sullivan
D Davenport
May fete participants at Cornell College and honors
Miss Ruth Hannelly of Creston was among 164 physical education students at Cornell College Mount Vernon who joined a May Day fete for about a thousand attendees. The event featured The Fairy Doll. Miss Garne Tisue of Creston joined Jack-O-Lantern at Ames State College. Harry Cunningham and Hazel Russell obtained marriage licenses, and two Creston men pleaded guilty to intoxication in Mayor Burt's court, each fined $16 plus costs after arrest the prior Sunday.
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Ruth. Hannelly
Creston
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Miss Garne
Tisue of
Ewa State College
Ames
M. L. Burt
Creston Takes Third at Orient Track Meet
Creston high school placed third in the Orient track meet held Saturday with 23 points. Greenfield won with 30 points, followed by Stuart with 29. Creston’s competitors included Lloyd Hammers and Charles Walters, placing in events such as shot put and relays with Creston earning points in six of thirteen events.
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Creston High School
Greenfield
Stuart Wih
Creston
Mt. Ayr
Guthrie Center
Kellerton Orient
Extra
Saltham
Osceola van Meter
Clearfield
Griswold
Cumberland
Lenox
Lloyd Hammers
Charles Walters
Gerald Cox
Maurice Kenworthy
Leslie Putman
Francis Strance
Robert Plowman
Roy Frus
Richard Greene
Keith Hamiton
Neville
Orient
Brittenstein
Lutz
Kellerton
Cox
Stuart
Earlham
Mt Ayr
Lay
Kenworthy
Leach
Guthrie
Swift Buys Iowa Packing Company Plant
Des Moines reports the Iowa Packing Company, in receivership for a year, sold to Swift and Company for 405000. The sale includes property real estate and commitment to pay market prices for products and livestock on site and in transit. Judge Wade must confirm the sale after ten days before transfer to Swift. Davis Hill of Baltimore represented Swift in the proceedings.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Packing Company
Swift and Company
Swift
Rolf Wagner
D. Smith
Wade
Swift & Co
Davis Hill
Baltimore
Des Moines Postmaster Thornburg Dies After Throat Infection
Funeral services for Postmaster Z C Thornburg will be Tuesday afternoon. Thornburg, 52, died after an operation to relieve an internal throat infection. He was appointed postmaster of Des Moines last year by President Coolidge on Senator Cummins’s recommendation and was active in political and educational circles. He was brother to State Secretary of Agriculture Mark A Thornburg.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Puneral
Z. C. Thornsburg
Thornurg
Thornburg
Coolidge
Cummins
Mark i A. Thornburg
Corn planting to begin in Union County this week
L. J. Nickle county farm bureau agent says corn planting will start at once with most Union County acreage in by end of next week if weather allows. Farmers weigh delaying for warmer weather while moisture is needed and frost damage is being assessed across orchards and fields.
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Union County
Werther
L. J. Nickle
Farm Bureau
Mr. Nickle
Nickle
Traffic In Arms Convention Opens at Geneva
The international conference for the control of the traffic in arms opens in Geneva with Count Henri Carton de Wiart delivering a strong opening. British and American delegates plan substitute conventions while arms manufacturers observe, and debates focus on revolutionary rights and potential diplomatic leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Henri Carton de Wiart
League of Nations
Latin America
Europe
Weather Warning for Light Frost in Iowa Tonight
Des Moines reports a frost advisory issued by Charles D. Reed of the U S Weather Bureau. The bulletin notes many areas fell to danger temperatures last night, but wind and moisture mitigated freezing and safeguarded fruit and garden crops.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
the Bureau
Paris Wards Nominate Women Candidates
Paris reports show women nominated in every ward, with a woman’s name at the head of all Communist suburban lists. Nationally the left gains appear limited and Communist presence unchanged. heavy voting across cities leaves many results to be tallied.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Wome
Paria
Creston Hosts First Girls Tennis Tourney May 9
Creston high school announces its inaugural girls tennis tournament for Saturday May 9 with 35 invited southwest Iowa high schools. Orient Osceola and Milas Ruth Horner lead the event with single and doubles play, using three Creston courts on Levy Street.
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Iowa
Creston High School
Orient
Osceola
Milas Ruth Horner
Miss Horner
Irving School
Creston Tennis Club
Levy Street
Sycamore
Janet Hublin
Mies Horner
Miss Huhn
Lenox Edges Cromwell 3 2 In Narrow Baseball Win
Lenox defeated Cromwell 3 to 2 in a hard fought baseball game at Cromwell Sunday afternoon. Two hits and two costly errors gave Lenox the win in the first frame as Cromwell tightened its defense and held the rest of the game. Each team had four hits and four errors and both pitchers struck out nine. Lineups list Lenox Draper Hayes Montgomery Madden Campbell Ginn Haynes Rogers Brennan and Cromwell Mullin Brown Miller Kilgore Miller Herring Rhodes Mullin and H Miller.
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Lenox
Cromwell
Cromwell Nine
Draper
Hayes
Montgomery
Short
Madden
Campbell
Pistch
Ginn
Haynes
Rogers
Brennan
F Mullin
Brown
L. Miller
Kilgore
R Miller
Herring
Rhodes
Sparr Sed Mullin
H. Miller
Unitarian Pastor Attacks Sunday Blue Laws
Des Moines May 4 The Rev Henry J Adlar pastor of the First Unitarian church attacked Sunday blue laws in a sermon calling the sabbath a human institution and emphasizing that state and civic authorities have no right to compel Sunday conduct. He warned laws restricting amusements on Sunday may drive people away from church.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Henry J Adlar
First Unitarian Church
Adiar
Music Week observed with citywide concerts agenda
Creeton and surrounding community observe the second National Music Week with a six concert downtown and park program. Trumpeters roam the city daily, a Maple street bandstand will host events, and multiple choirs bands and soloists perform through Friday with no charge.
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Creeton
McKinley Park Auditorium
Maple Street
Adams
Montgomery
Cresston Band
Charles A. Hayden
Misa Harret Goodsell
Creston Night Hawks
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Roger Harne
Raymond Gidley
Carl Conrad
Waked
Harn
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Harry Cunningham
Diagonal
Hazel Russell
Southwestern Iowa
Katherine Tissue
Adnert Leonard
Wilma Vetterick
Gertrude Herbel
Jennié Strance
Mildred Krisinger
Bessie Mudra
Louise Grunnell
Ruth Wilson Tok
Alice Bell
Dstrict
Presbyterian Church Orchestra
F. B. Agnew
Creston Martial Band
Baptist’ Church
Rose Buredette
Glee Club
Lillian Cuba
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